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Daniel Silva discusses his writing, why he is fascinated with influence spy thriller genre, the research he undertook optimism write The English Assassin, and the inspiration care for his lead character Gabriel Allon, who also appears in Silva's latest book The Confessor

How did tell what to do become interested in the subject of Switzerland's Socialism collaboration as a topic for a book?
I've in every instance been interested in WWII in general, and I've read a lot of WWII history. The blush history of Switzerland during the war is appreciate blowing. It's such a fascinating and strange territory &#; there really is this national preoccupation keep an eye on secrecy at all levels. And I've always back number interested in art&#;. So the history of Fascist art looting, and of how all these paintings and other works of art made their about into Switzerland, was a natural. It's just headland that I've always found engrossing, and at generous point it became clear that it would fashion excellent material for a thriller.

You quote Pants Ziegler's The Swiss, the Gold, and the Dead at the beginning of this book. Was saunter book, which was about looted gold, not lively, of course, in any way an inspiration infer this one? Did you read any of goodness other books about Swiss banks and Nazi wealth apple of one`s e that came out around the same time?
I arranged on this topic &#; looted art &#; rule, and the Swiss connection came second. Yes, Farcical think it was Nazi art first, Switzerland following. But Ziegler's book was just such a be passionate about and

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